Melanie Weisner

Melanie Weisner

Nationality
United States
United States
GPI Rank 12,069
Total Live Earnings $995,062
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Biography

Melanie Weisner is an American professional poker player who lives in Houston, Texas with over $993,000 in live earnings as of November 2023. She is known as one of the best female players on the live poker tournament circuit as well as a heads-up and a Sit'N'Go expert. Weisner has a number of ladies' event wins to her name as well as big money finishes in some of the most prestigious heads-up tournaments.

Melanie Weisner Information

Weisner was born in 1986. She started playing poker while studying vocal performance at New York University. Weisner's interest in the game was triggered by her younger brother's success playing online. She then started playing poker with her friends and soon appeared at the online tables as well under the nickname “Callisto 5”.

Melanie Weisner Background

Before she started playing poker Weisner attended the High School for Performing and Visual Arts and doing ballet in a prestigious ballet academy in her hometown of Houston, Texas. She then studied vocal performance at New York University. Weisner entered her first live poker tournament in 2009 which was the $500 No-Limit Hold'em / Deep Stack event at the United States Poker Championship in Atlantic City. She placed fourth in that tournament collecting just over $7,000.

Melanie Weisner at the World Series of Poker

Weisner first cashed in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in 2010 when she collected almost $18,000 in prize money for the 32nd place finish in the $10,000 Heads Up Championship. She collected another money finish that very same summer, while her 2011 World Series was even more successful. Weisner cashed in five events in that WSOP and added another money finish a few months later at the WSOP Europe. It was in 2011 that Weisner scored her best WSOP result when she placed 14th in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event for almost $25,000. She then collected three more cashes at the 2012 World Series.

Weisner had several notable cashes at the 2021 WSOP, including 17th-place finishes in $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em for $17,141 and $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold'em for $14,740.

Melanie Weisner's Top 5 WSOP Results

 YearEventPlacePrize
 2011$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em14th$24,679
 2013$10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em15th$26,237
 2021$1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em17th$17,141
 2021$1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold'em17th$14,740
 2010$10,000 Heads Up Championship32nd$17,987

Melanie Weisner on the World Poker Tour

Weisner has two World Poker Tour money finishes to her name, both of which she scored at the WPT Johannesburg in October, 2012. She first finished in 33rd place in the $500 No-Limit Hold'em event taking home $1,187 and then just a few days later Weisner won the $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed tournament taking home $41,289 in cash.

Melanie Weisner on the European Poker Tour

Weisner made her European Poker Tour (EPT) debut by winning the EPT Prague Ladies Event in 2009 which was only her second live tournament money finish. The European circuit has so far been the most successful one for Weisner as she scored 15 of her live event cashes in EPT events. Weisner has a total of two EPT side event wins, both of which came in ladies events. She also made a total of seven EPT final tables.

Melanie Weisner's Top 6 EPT Results

YearEventPlacePrize
2009Prague €300 Ladies Event1st€3,100
2010Grand Final, Monte Carlo €1,000 Ladies Event1st€23,000
2012Grand Final, Monte Carlo €5,000 Heads-Up2nd€39,250
2011London £1,000 No-Limit Hold'em3rd£15,300
2010Deauville €200 Ladies Event4th€1,600
2011London £5,000 Heads-Up4th£20,000

Melanie Weisner's Other Achievements

Apart from her EPT, WSOP, and WPT cashes Weisner also has a couple of final table finishes in some other tournament circuits as well. In 2009 she finished fourth at the United States Poker Championship's $500 No-Limit Hold'em / Deep Stack event taking home $7,140. Then in September, 2010 she finished runner-up in the €2,700 No-Limit Hold'em / Heads Up tournament at the Partouche Poker Tour's Main Event for €23,000. Then in November Weisner scored a sixth place finish at the NAPT's $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em event in Los Angeles collecting $7,665.

Melanie Weisner's Sponsorship

In the past Weisner used to wear Full Tilt Poker colors in live tournaments and play online poker on the site. Then after Full Tilt's seizure in June, 2011 Weisner left the team and after a while signed a sponsorship deal with another poker site, Lock Poker.

Did you know?

  • Weisner was named EPT's Season 8 Head-Up Player of the Year.
  • She is the only player to ever win two EPT Ladies Championship events.

PokerNews Covered Events

Event Place Prize
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #86: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty
25th $13,628
2023 World Series of Poker
Online Event #16: $600 Online Deepstack Championship
283rd $1,048
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #70: $400 Colossus
344th $2,330
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #18: $300 Gladiators of Poker
62nd $8,934
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #11: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack
629th $1,050
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #71: $1,111 One More for One Drop
131st $4,938
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #68: $1,000 Million Dollar Bounty
48th $17,060
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #61: Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship
28th $4,569
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #49: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em
193rd $4,006
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #25: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack
101st $2,884
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #83: $1,500 The Closer
17th $14,740
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #81: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack
66th $2,933
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #68: $1,111 Little One for One Drop
194th $2,939
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #31: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw
21st $3,725
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #17: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold'em
465th $3,215
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #15: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
17th $17,141
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #64: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em
161st $5,938
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #19: Millionaire Maker - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
652nd $3,386
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
780th $18,340
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #57: $1,000/$10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship
70th $1,782
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #7: $565 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em
757th $1,431
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
309th $35,267
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #19: THE GIANT - $365 No-Limit Hold'em
890th $1,256
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #60: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed
694th $1,742
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #5: THE COLOSSUS III - $565 No-Limit Hold'em
2335th $833
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #53: $10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship
26th $4,817
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #49: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
21st $22,309
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
301st $32,242
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #60: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
79th $5,797
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #40: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
142nd $3,150
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #34: $1,000 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em
93rd $2,536
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #16: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em
15th $26,237
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 49: $1,500 Ante-Only No-Limit Hold'em
57th $4,044
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 36: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
52nd $9,086
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 14: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
27th $5,295
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Madrid
Main Event
28th €11,000
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Copenhagen
Main Event
28th 65,000 DKK
2012 Aussie Millions
$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Bounties
15th 5,000 AUD
2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo
Main Event
91st €8,500
2011 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #7: €10,400 Main Event Championship
33rd €27,500
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #38: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
14th $24,679
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #26: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed
76th $6,740
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #22: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
71st $4,048
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #20: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
257th $2,114
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #10: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed
61st $5,313
2011 European Poker Tour Grand Final Madrid
Main Event
42nd €25,000
2010 EPT Prague
Main Event
12th €30,000
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #56: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em
56th $11,607
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #35: $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship
18th $17,987
2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
Main Event
71st €25,000

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